Lucius gave a nod in answer and slowly spoke as he struggled to say what he remembered. "I had been putting the spells up when you arrived... And you and Draco had helped stopped them. Then I went to finish them..." He shook his head as he struggled to remember the rest that had happened. Only he couldn't.

"How long was I gone?" he asked softly and bowed his head in shame. He lowered his wand in defeat...more with himself then in regards toward Remus and Draco.

Draco glanced at Remus, waiting for acknowledgement that it was okay to go to his father's side. He hated seeing the despair in his father's eyes and wished that things had been the way they used to be.